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    • What Do We Hope
To Achieve?

    We believe education offers hope and that hope will be essential as we respond to the Climate Emergency. Our goal is to work together as scientists and teachers to realise that hope. We hope that our work will inspire and support others who share our belief in the awesome potential of education.

    Team

    Shane Bergin
    Physicist, science communicator and teacher educator at School of Education, UCD.
    Twitter
    Rosie Carroll
    Zoologist, education researcher 
and second-level science teacher at School of Education, UCD.
    Twitter
    Chris Chapman
    Facilitator and consultant.
Lead facilitator at ReSource 
at Burren College of Art.
    Linkedin

    Our Community

    Next Act is a community of scientists, teachers and education researchers who, like many, are acutely aware of the existential challenges that Climate Change poses and the need for meaningful responses.

    Anne Kearns
    School of Education, UCD

    Cathy Davis
    Science, Biology, Teacher

    Chris Burbidge
    Geoscientist, iGRAG

    Chris Chapman
    Facilitator Burren College of Art

    Clare Patten
    Green Schools, An Taisce

    Conor Eivers
    Science and Maths Teacher

    Declan Cathcart
    Science and Biology Teacher; Teacher Educator, UCD

    Eamonn O’Brien
    Student Teacher

    Eddie Ferns
    Sustainability for Education

    Eloise Rogers
    Communications Officer, iCRAG

    Elspeth Sinclair
    Education and Engagement Officer, iCRAG

    Fergus McAuliffe
    Communications and Engagement Manager, iCRAG

    Geertje Schuitema
    Ass. Prof, School of Business, UCD

    Gillian Cleary
    Student Teacher

    John Doody
    Energy Institute, UCD

    Karoline Uhlemann
    Biology, Chemistry Teacher

    Koen Torremans
    Geoscientist, iGRAG

    Lisa Darley
    Chemistry, Physics Teacher

    Lucy Nyland
    Maths Teacher

    Maeve Boland
    Geoscience Policy, Comm. & Public Affairs Specialist, iCRAG

    Martin Hawkes
    Burren College of Art

    Michael Fiorentini
    Biology, Science Teacher

    Natalia Garcia
    Educational Researcher, TCD

    Niamh O Neill
    Education Officer, Castlecomber Discovery Park

    Noah Finkelstein
    Prof at the Centre of STEM Learning, Colorado

    Patrick Kirwin
    Irish Schools Sustainability Network

    Phil Reiger
    Geoscientist, iGRAG

    Phoebe Young
    Prof Enviro. History, Colorado

    Rachel Linney
    Education Officer NCCA

    Ro Atkin
    Teacher Educator, UCD

    Rob Farrelly
    Designer, Post Studio

    Seamus Knox
    Teacher Educator, UCD

    Serena O'Connor
    Maths, Physics, Teacher

    Susan Adams
    Sustainability for Education

    Susan Andrews
    German, Philosophy Teacher

    Our partners

    This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101058483

    Facilitators

    MAKE YOUR
    NEXT ACT COUNT

    If you’re a teacher, a student, a scientist, a parent, or a concerned citizen that shares our belief, we encourage you to form community and take action. We offer the process we’ve used as a way to inform and guide your work. We’re happy to help to get you going!